{"id":13571,"date":"2008-11-12T12:38:09","date_gmt":"2008-11-12T19:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/11\/12\/obamas-first-foreign-policy-crisis.html"},"modified":"2008-11-12T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2008-11-12T19:38:09","slug":"obamas_first_foreign_poli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/12\/obamas_first_foreign_poli.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama’s first foreign policy crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to tell the Peruvians they have ugly dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Completely bald and older than the Incas, the Peruvian hairless dog seems like an odd fit for the White House.<\/p>\n

But Peruvians are mindful of President-elect Barack Obama’s preference for a hypoallergenic breed due to his daughter Malia’s allergies _ and say the dark, rough-skinned pooch with large ears and a pointy snout could be just the solution.<\/p>\n

[…] The Friends of the Peruvian Hairless Dog Association responded on Monday, sending a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Peru offering the Obama family a 4-month-old pup that responds to “Machu Picchu,” the name of Peru’s famed Inca citadel.<\/p>\n

“My family also has suffered from … not being able to have a pet because my son and I are asthmatic, so we thought it would be ideal for him (Obama) to have a dog like ours,” said association president Claudia Galvez.<\/p>\n

Galvez, who has lived with six dogs of the breed for eight years, says being hairless has its benefits: The dogs are flealess and relatively odorless, too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Well, it would deal with the allergy problems, and is arguably a better choice than a naked mole rat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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